Jul
11
2006
There is a load of shite on this here interweb device isn’t there[1] And most of this shite occurs when people come out and make black and white statements which aren’t simply a statement of opinion, or belief, but instead suggest that they are, in fact, The Truth. I won’t repeat myself by stating I dislike black and white statements/arguments or the notion that there is such a thing as one truth[2]
I just wonder how someone could possibly make the statement below[3] with having read every single literary publication written in Irish. And therefore, in order to make that judgement, you need the ability to speak Irish.
There is no writer in the Irish language that anyone need bother reading if looking for Irish literary contributions
And as for the lack of respect to those people who appreciate Irish traditional music? Yeah, dude. Whatever.[4]
EDIT: see also
- Donal’s blog
- AdamMaguire.com
- Talideon.com asks
did you know that the average French person is certain that Beckett was actually French, and wrote in French and not English?
. Anne, as our representative of France, although of course far beyond average, would you care to respond 
Linknotes:
- some may even suggest this blog as an example, but I shan’t listen to them ↩
- oops. I think I just repeated myself. My bad. ↩
- which I’m not going to argue with, cause I don’t think it is worth discussing shite ↩
- I know, quite an argument I’m putting up isn’t it. But honestly, its so ridiculous I couldn’t be arsed. ↩
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Jun
16
2006
Y’all know I tend to dislike taking a black or white view of things. I just don’t like it. And even more so when it is about a complex issue. Like Charles J Haughey.
I didn’t intend to blog about CJ. That sort of political blogging isn’t my cup of tea at all, but browsing the Irish blog’verse it strikes me that at the moment there are a whole load of love him or loathe him posts. To some he was the great man who helped Ireland emerge from poverty into the success of the Celtic Tiger. To others he was nothing but a crook.
D’you know the old perceptions of women as either whores or madonnas, it is a bit like at the moment. Black and white viewpoints left right and centre.
Why can’t we say that he was a great man who was also a crook. One doesn’t exclude the other you know.
Which is why I liked Omanis view on the fact that Heaney has written a poem for today’s state funeral.
Heaney addresses a wounded lion, an animal mercurial and vicious. Irish public opinion is not comfortable with Charlie Haughey. So it is the right time for a great poet to shine a light, not just backwards but forwards.
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Feb
25
2006
- David Strathairn - Edward R. Murrow
- Robert Downey Jr. - Joe Wershba
- Patricia Clarkson - Shirley Wershba
- Ray Wise - Don Hollenbeck
- Frank Langella - William Paley
- Jeff Daniels - Sig Mickelson
It is the 1950’s, and McCarthyism is rife in America as the hunt for reds under bed trundles on.
In CBS Ed McMurrow begins to highlight McCarthy’s scare tactics and methods on his current affairs television show. The film is told both by the actors and by actual footage from the time. We get to see McCarthy, to hear his own words, and see the scaremongering of the time.
Shot in black and white it all looks great, but the film itself was simply too subdued to grab my attention. I have a feeling that this may be because of the mood I was in while watching it, but the low-key nature of everything simply served distance me as a viewer from what was going on. I also didn’t like the way the film seemed to stop every now and then to let us hear a song. There were maybe three of four from Dianne Reeves. They did sound lovely, and helped to create an atmosphere, but I just felt that they slowed the film down.
Despite these few problems this is a film worth watching. Strathairn is fantastic as McMorrow, and all the supporting cast do great jobs.
It also performs very neatly at alerting us to the present day situation, and how we can learn for the past. Yet at the same time there is no sense that this is hitting anyone over the head. You can see lessons for today if you wish, but no one is forcing you.
Clooney Studio | IMDb | Talking Pish | jFalstaff
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